Heating and Cooling Your Basement

Heating and cooling a finished basement will require upgrading your current HVAC system or adding new units.

Heating and cooling your basement is a bigger challenge than you think. Buried beneath the ground, basement space is cooler than other parts of the house. That´s nice in summer, chilly in winter, and a problem to solve when extending your current heating and cooling system or installing a new one to serve your finished basement.

Extend what you have

Any reliable heating and cooling contractor can “size” your existing HVAC system to determine if it can adequately heat, cool, and ventilate your basement´s space. Sizing a furnace and air conditioner is a calculation generally based on square footage/ton of capacity. However, contractors also consider the home´s insulation values and other high-performance building practices to “right-size” the equipment and balance its performance and cost.

If your heating and cooling system is up to the task, your contractor likely will tap into the main HVAC trunk and install vents and a return in the walls and/or ceiling. Make sure new ducts have dampers so they don´t steal all the heat and AC from the rest of the house.

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